Just saw this at the Vue cinema in Exeter, a couple of nights ago. Wow, fantastic film. I won’t say too much, as I don’t want to post spoilers, but if you like intelligent sci-fi, then this is for you.

I’m glad it’s good, as I fancy seeing this in the next few days. Is there anything inappropriate for a fairly mature 11yo? My youngest is well into this kind of sci-fi (she claims to understand Interstellar…).

Saw this yesterday. The camerawork is great and a big screen is definitely the place to see it. The basic thesis (we and space aliens won’t understand one another, at least initially) is spot on too. It didn’t press all the buttons for me - but I am slow, so I didn’t pick the plot up completely (unlike Mrs VB, who had no trouble with it). And I’m always wary of what feels like a US world-view, which is that the earth’s international tensions could be solved trivially if we all just talked more, as Americans do (I fear reality is actually more complex than that). All that said, I did enjoy it and would recommend it .

Disappointing. Some squid-a-likes arrive from outer space with communication problems. And, not much else. I wasn’t expecting the usual ‘mericans kick some alien butt but I would have liked more than a discussion of linguistics. Which is pretty much all this film delivers. Also, these aliens can see 3000 years into the future and defeat gravity but it’s up to us to do all the language translation? Don’t think so.